Date:         Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:06:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Mary <mlhoward@avalon.net>
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From:         Mary <mlhoward@AVALON.NET>
Subject:      Re: OT: Financial meltdown from mass destruction of derivatives?
Comments: To: Paul Dorfman <sashole@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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You mean like Ian Witlock's loop where you put a set statement where it looks like it doesn't belong but works wonderfully??  Or in this paper referred to the **Dorfman**-Witlock loop?

The DOW (not that DOW!!!) and the LOCF in Clinical Trials

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi28/099-28.pdf


I think perhaps SAS-L ought send you and Ian to Congress to come up with a logical solution to this....at least the other DOW is up 200 points this morning.

-Mary
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Dorfman 
  To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:27 AM
  Subject: Re: OT: Financial meltdown from mass destruction of derivatives?


  Mary,

  I suppose you are talking about the Dow-loop, right? I thought I knew
  something about it... just not really sure what it means when it is N
  points down. I mean, semantically it is sort of makes sense ("DowN" ?),
  but procedurally?

  Kind regards
  ------------
  Paul Dorfman
  Jax, FL
  ------------

  On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:57:21 -0500, Mary <mlhoward@AVALON.NET> wrote:

  >In case you have not heard the news- the bailout bill failed the House
  205 for, 228 against; the Dow is now down 777 points.